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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Act of Union, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | A quartered heraldic composition commemorating the tercentenary of the Acts of Union 1707, featuring a Tudor rose, Scottish thistle, and a portcullis arranged in a jigsaw-puzzle interlocking motif, symbolising the unification of England and Scotland. The denomination TWO POUNDS is divided across the design alongside the commemorative dates 1707 and 2007, with the engraver's initials YH appearing in the field. The design is attributed to Yvonne Holton. |
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| Mintage | 2007 - Proof - 750 |
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The 2007 date marks the tercentenary of the Acts of Union that merged the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The political arithmetic behind that union was brutal: Scotland's treasury had been effectively destroyed by the Darien scheme, a catastrophic colonial venture in Panama that wiped out perhaps a quarter of all liquid capital in the country, leaving the Scottish Parliament with almost no leverage at the negotiating table.
Struck in 22-carat gold to proof standard at the Royal Mint's Llantrisant facility, this issue belongs to a paired release alongside a silver equivalent — the gold version carrying a considerably lower production ceiling.